Big SmithBig Smith Live at The Bottleneck on 2003-02-07 (February 7, 2003)
Collection: BigSmithBand/Artist: Big SmithDate: February 7, 2003 (check for other copies)Venue: The BottleneckLocation: Lawrence, KSSource: SBD > D8Taped by: JayTransferred by: JayKeywords: Live concertDescription
Disk 1:
01) Mockingbird
02) Worried Man Blues
03) Lonesome Whistle
04) I Walk Alone
05) Don't Need So Much
06) Burn Down the House
07) cicada Song
08) Darlin' Corey
09) Paw Paw Patch
10) No Sir
11) ??
12) Backwater
13) Streams of Mercy
14) 12 Inch 3 Speed Oscillating Fan
15) Go Away Maggie
16) ?? (Instrumental)
Disk 2:
01) It's a Good Day
02) Big Rock
03) Ride That Train
04) My Overhauls
05) Drip Drip Drip
06) Quarry Anthem
07) Bareback Riding
08) Toungue in Groove
09) Rain
10) Trash
11) Feel Like Travelin' On
12) Columbia
13) A Day in the Life
14) Ponce
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March 26, 2003
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An excellent performance
Of course, I may be a bit biased, as this is a local band (though I've never seen them perform) and I'm distantly related to the cousins who make it up (in fact, my family and theirs were involved in a blood feud back in the early part of the 20th century), but this is a top-notch concert show. Audio quality is very good for a bootleg, with only a slight touch of breakup here and there.
The music is Ozarkian bluegrass-folk-blues, involving mandolins, banjos, guitars, fiddles, and the like. There are some old standards like the "Worried Man Blues" ("It takes a worried man to sing a worried song...") but also covers of Los Lobos's "I Walk Alone" and, during the encore, "A Day in the Life" from the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Also during the encore is a tasteful tribute song to the shuttle Columbia, which crashed only a few days before the date of the concert.
Rounding out the show are a couple of funny numbers, too, such as the paen to that staple of Ozarkian summer life, the "12-inch 3-speed Oscillating Fan."
If you're fond of country or bluegrass, don't miss this recording.
Notes
Thanks to Jonathan at the Bottleneck for the soundboard patch!